compguy284/chessguessr

Guess the continuation of a chess game

Chessguessr

Chessguessr is a game where you try to guess the next moves in a chessgame. All positions are currently taken from games played on Lichess.

Rules

Like Wordle, or Chessle, you are given hints after each guess.

• 🟩 indicates that the move is correct.
• 🟨 indicates that the move is correct, but in the wrong place.
• 🟦 indicates that the correct piece type was moved (but not necessarily the exact same piece).
• ⬜ indicates that the move is wrong.

Development

Chessguessr is built with Remix, Typescript, Tailwind, Firebase (for keeping track of puzzle stats).

REST API

Get the daily Chessguessr puzzle

Request

GET https://chessguessr.com/api/daily

Response

The API returns a JSON object with the following properties:

• date: The date of the puzzle, in the format "YYYY-MM-DD".
• fen: The chess position in FEN format.
• solution: An array of moves that represents the solution to the puzzle.
• id: The unique ID of the puzzle.
• boardImage: an image of the chess board with the puzzle position.
• players: An array of objects representing the white and black players in the game. Each player object has the following properties:
  • color: The color of the player ("white" or "black").
  • name: The name of the player.
  • rating: The rating of the player.
  • title: The chess title of the player, if any (e.g. "GM" or "WIM").